Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "nun"

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Ida ***** (2013, Agata Trzebuchowska, Agata Kulesza) – Movie Review

Young novitiate Ida’s plans to become a nun in 1962 Poland are interrupted by her convent’s insistence on her visiting her estranged aunt Wanda just before she takes her vows. Ida (Agata Trzebuchowska) is an […]

Sep, 26

Dead Man Walking ***** (1995, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn) – Classic Movie Review 1007

Writer-director Tim Robbins’s triumphant 1995 film stars his then life partner Susan Sarandon, who won a highly deserved Best Actress Oscar portraying the real-life nun who helps a convicted killer (Oscar-nominated Best Actor Sean Penn) […]

Mar, 28

Black Narcissus ***** (1947, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Kathleen Byron, Sabu) – Classic Movie Review 602

Writer-producer-director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s extraordinary 1947 film Black Narcissus, about five Anglo-Catholic nuns who have set up a school and infirmary in a ramshackle old building on the edge of a cliff in […]

Dec, 31

The Sound of Music ***** (1965, Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, Daniel Truhitte, Nicholas Hammond, Richard Haydn, Anna Lee) – Classic Movie Review 57

The hills are alive… Is this the world’s most popular musical? Maybe it is! The Tony award-winner for Best Musical became the Oscar-winner for Best Film. The original Broadway production opened in November 1959 and […]

Jul, 17

Hummingbird [Redemption] *** (2013, Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure) – Movie Review

The writer of Eastern Promises and Dirty Pretty Things, Steven Knight, makes his director debut in this typical, would-be smart London low-life thriller starring Jason Statham – so you know exactly what to expect. Statham […]

Jul, 02

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